Micromechanical modelling of monotonic drained and undrained shear behaviour of granular media using three-dimensional DEM

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1167-1189

  Sitharam, Thallak G ^a   Dinesh, S V ^a   Shimizu, N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discrete element modelling; Induced anisotropy; Micromechanics; Microstructure; Triaxial compression test

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

STRESS-STRAIN RESULTS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

COMPRESSION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; SHEAR; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 0036790938     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.240     Document Type: Article

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